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dbpedia:Buster_Smith

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Henry "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for a range of musicians including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Earl Hines, though in his career only recorded one solo album in 1959.

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Buster Smith Smith, Buster

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Jazz alto saxophonist

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Henry Smith

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1980-01-01Z

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1923-01-01Z

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Smith, Henry Buster, Professor

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dbpedia:Oscar_Peterson dbpedia:Duke_Ellington dbpedia:Earl_Hines dbpedia:Oklahoma_City_Blue_Devils dbpedia:Charlie_Parker dbpedia:Johnny_Hodges dbpedia:Eric_Dolphy n6: dbpedia:Bobby_Short dbpedia:Ella_Fitzgerald dbpedia:Count_Basie

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dbpedia:Ella_Fitzgerald dbpedia:Duke_Ellington dbpedia:Earl_Hines dbpedia:Oscar_Peterson dbpedia:Oklahoma_City_Blue_Devils dbpedia:Charlie_Parker dbpedia:Johnny_Hodges dbpedia:Eric_Dolphy n6: dbpedia:Bobby_Short dbpedia:Count_Basie

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non_vocal_instrumentalist

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1904-08-24Z

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dbpedia:Texas n8:_Texas

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1904-01-01Z

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1991-08-10Z

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dbpedia:Dallas dbpedia:Texas

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1991-01-01Z

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dbpedia:Big_band dbpedia:Swing_music dbpedia:Jazz

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dbpedia:Bass_guitar dbpedia:Guitar dbpedia:Clarinet dbpedia:Alto_saxophone n9:

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dbpedia:Atlantic_Records